You’ve probably seen a hoverfly. It’s a small, bee-like insect that hovers over your flowers in summer. Though they look like tiny bees or wasps, they don’t sting. They’re actually some of the most ...

Although they look like bees, they are a type of fly engaging in Batesian mimicry, a type of identity theft that’s done to fool predators. To tell whether it’s a fly or a bee, a closer look shows ...

The Royal Horticultural Society and the Wildlife Trusts are calling on UK gardeners to get behind a campaign to help the humble hoverfly. Hailed as the ‘unsung hero of our ecosystems’, hoverflies are ...

They are annoying, pesky and won’t leave you alone. They look like little bees. Most people think they are sweat bees because of their black and yellow stripes but they don’t sting despite their ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Hoverfly larvae are blind but locate aphids using chemical cues like honeydew and physical contact. They use sharp mouth hooks and external digestion to liquefy and suck out their prey. As adults, ...